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                When you abort a transaction, all database 
                
                modifications performed
            under the protection of the transaction are discarded, and all
            locks currently held by the transaction are released. In this event,
            your data is simply left in the
            state that it was in before the transaction began performing data
            modifications.
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                Once you have aborted a transaction, the transaction
                handle that you used for the transaction is no longer valid. To
                perform database activities under the control of a new
                transaction, you must obtain a fresh transactional handle.
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